Bag-tie



(No Model.)

A. DAVISON,

BAG TIE.

No. 588,855. Patented Aug. 24, 1897.

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UNITED STATES;

PATIENT OFFICE.

ALBERT DAVISON, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

BAG-

TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No-588,855, dated August 24, 1897,

Application filed October 1, 1896.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT DAVISON, of Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bag-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in bagties, and has for its object, among others, to provide a simple easily-operated construction which can be cheaply made, easily applied without injury to the bag, can be removed from one bag and applied to another, and will securely hold the bag or package tied; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of the upper portion of a bag fastened by my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail section on about line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section on about line 3 3, Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the fastening-plate and stud plate detached. Fig. 5 shows a somewhat different form for securing square packages, and Fig. 6 shows a slightly different construction from that shown in Fig. 5.

In the construction shown the fastener comprises the fastening-plate or plate-section A and the stud-plate or stud-section B, the latter serving as a means by which to secure the fastener to the bag. The stud-plate has a base B and a non-circular stud B and is provided on its base-plate with depressions b, forming seats for engagement by the projections or ribs a on the under section of the fastening-plate, as presently described. The fastening-plate A is composed of the outer section A and the inner section A which are suitably held together at their edges, preferably by crimping the edge of one section over the other, as shown at a. Theinner section A has a central non-circular hole A for the stud B and is provided with the ribs or projections a which, together with the seats I) in the stud-plate, form coacting parts, whereby such plates are held from accidentally adjusting to position for detachment by binding the fabric of the bag between such parts I) and 0,

The outer section A of the fastening-plate is made concavo-convex with its outer face $erial No. 607,524. (No model.)

convex and forming between it andthe inner section a space to receive the stud of the studplate.

The outer plate is provided with a central main tongue 0, and in rear thereof with the guide-tongue D and the retaining-tongue E,-

the latter being provided between its ends with a hump e, which operates to lock the line or wire F when drawn below said tongue, as shown in Fig. 1. This line or wire, which may be a cord or other suitable construction, but is preferably twisted wire, as shown, is

secured at one end to the fastening-plate at f 6 5- and has at its free end a button F or other suitable handhold and in use is carried around the neck of the bag under the guide-tongue, thence across under the main tongue, and thence back andunder the retaining-tongue, where it will be securely held.

For use in tying square packages the fastening-plate may be as shown in Fig. 5, in which it is provided with a main tongue 1, guide-tongues 2 3, and tongues 4 and 5, the latter tongues being alike and opposite each other, or the right tongue 5 can'be reversed, as shown in Fig. '6, thereby avoiding placing the wire twice under tongue 4, as desired. The tongue 5 in the form shown in Fig. 5 is not used when the device .is used for fastening square packages and is simply applied to this form to adapt it for eithera square package or a bag. In securing a square package the line or wire is disposed as shown in Fig. 5. In applying the improvement shown in Fig. 1 the stud-plate is placed underneath the fabric with the head of the stud pressing against the fabric, which is crimped over the said head by the application of the fastening-plate on the outer side, the hole in the fastening-plate receiving the stud-head and the bagging when the fastening-plate is given a quarter-turn, which will bring the parts a and 7) into engagement and hold the fastening-plate from accidentally turning to position to disengage from the stud-plate.

If the bag is not thick enough to hold the stud-plate and fasteningplate in engagement, it can be doubled or small pieces of cloth can be placedover the stud-head to make it thick enough to hold the parts together, thus saving the making of differentheight studs. Stops G, as shown in Fig. 4,

may be provided to limit the turning of the uter plate and prevent it from moving too Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Afastener composed of the plate-section, the stud-section having a hook-like main tongue and provided in rear thereof Withrthe oppositely projected guide and retaining tongues, the said retaining-tongue being deflected between its ends forming ahnmp,:and 1 means for detachably connecting .the .platesection and stud-section substantially as described. f

2. A fastener substantially as described comprising the plate-sectioncomposedo'f the plates of the plate-section and its base-plate provided with seats for the ribs of the inner plate of the plate-section all substantiallyas shown :an (1 described.

ALBERT DAVISON.

Witnesses MAX KTJNZI, ABRAM SAGER. 

